Financing R&D and projects
Managing research projects

You need to ensure that you have the necessary funds for your research activities. The main items to establish are :

• staff salaries ;

• subcontracting costs ;

• equipment costs (test benches, etc.) ;

• consumables (products, energy, etc.) ;

• the cost of documentation ;

• specialized software (e.g. data processing) ;

• intellectual property costs ;

• other operating costs: e.g. participation in seminars.

To evaluate these elements, you will set up a reporting system that will constitute a very useful historical database when it comes to the financial dimensioning of your future programs.

You will negotiate internal funds with your management and seek external resources. We won't list the existing public procedures for supporting research here, as...